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Originally Posted by -Mojo Jojo-
Not to belabor an already horribly belaboured point, but my perception of the Dean speech was changed completely by this crowd video:
http://www.webmastersforamerica.com/...dio/video2.htm
I like Dean a lot, but thought he had made an ass of himself before seeing that... It makes a lot more sense in context that the audience went nuts when he went into the list of states, and he raised his voice to be heard. The infamous holler was almost inaudible. Unfortunately I don't see anyone in a rush to broadcast this version, so the damage will stick. There's the power of the media to decontextualize for ya... |
Actually, I think Dean started to implode a few weeks prior. The Confederate flag remark (out of context again, admittedly), a few other bizarre things. I don't know that any one thing cooked him, but they just led a lot of folks to see this guy as not really projecting that "Presidential" image enough to seriously challenge Bush. The rebel yell bit was just the last nail in the coffin.